Samuel Weems

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Samuel A. Weems (December 12, 1936— January 25, 2003) was a writer and a disbarred Arkansas lawyer^[1]. He was disbarred while holding the held the office of prosecuting attorney, and wasn't immediately removed from the office, despite the disbarment decision.^[2]

He unsuccessfully ran for the position of mayor of Hazen county in 1994 and 1998^[3].

He and David Duch were opposing candidates for mayor of Hazen in 1998. The election was initially certified as a tie. An absentee ballot was received in the mail from James Taylor, a registered voter in Prairie County, four days later. The vote was for Duch. Later, Weems made an appeal which was dismissed, because it was not filed in a timely manner.^[3]

He made various controversial remarks such as: "the religion of the Armenians is fake",^[4] ”the Armenians have never been known as truth tellers.", "the number one export of Armenia is terrorism".^[5] He ordered people of Armenian Diaspora in United States to just got to their home, Armenia: “"Isn't it past time for all you to just go to Armenia and stay there? Just go home!" ^[6] In March 2002 Weems visited Turkey on the occasion of the 81^th anniversary of the assassination of Talat Paşa and spoke on the Armenian issue and about the smear campaign against Turkey in Europe and the United States, in numerous interviews with Turkish news agencies as well as in the universities of Istanbul and Ankara. He was also making arrangements about printing the book in Turkish language. ^[7]